Hertsukfem31

When did you have surgery? From what I have seen most people find that their wight is up after surgery due to all the IV fluids & surgery in general. Don't get discouraged yet! I had it on 13th March

I feel so down most of the time and I always believed it's cause of my size but I am thinking now it mayb just one small part of one bigger issue! i hate to ask this but I'm going there ..are you in treatment by a psychiatrist as in are you getting your meds from tgem or a MD? I feel your pain. I've suffered thru different forms myself. Psychotherapy also helped me alot. Aldo remember your brain is having serious withdrawals and cravings..so hopefully it wont last 2 much longer on the head demanding the food junky ..if u know what i mean. Mine lasted 4 wks after that 4th wk it stopped. I kept telling myself no..do some online shopping look at cute clothes ..baby steps. One day at a time. Hang in there..it'll hopefully pass..I'm down to wellbuterin an it helps so much. Xx Over here I think it's a gp not md :-) I been under mental health team and psychologist but they said I wasn't that bad so put me back to my gp

Thank you! It really doesn't matter how quickly you get there, slow and steady wins the race. I've been feeling great since day 1, and every day after. Just knowing that you're heading in the right direction feels awesome! I know that people get caught up in the numbers, but one of my most monumental victories happened at 3 weeks out, when my husband could finally sleep with me again because I wasn't snoring loudly enough to wake the dead! I hadn't lost that much at that point, but my health and quality of life (sleep apnea) was already improving dramatically.That's a brilliant thing to happen, I am a single mum and my biggest thing has been I cud get into a pair of trousers i hadn't worn in 3 years I was so happy! Did u have any times where U wud put a few lbs on?? I weighed tonight and I put on 2kg yet I haven't been eating wrong or anything and I am so confusedOf course my weight has gone up at times, particularly around "that time" of the month. 3-4 pounds is not unusual, but it usually goes back down by the next week. Also, you mentioned that you weighed yourself at night... Personally, when I weigh myself at night, it's ALWAYS 3-4 pounds more than it is in the morning. I very rarely weigh myself at night, for that reason. Yea I think I need to change to the morning but I am only gonna do it once a week now

Be careful with the memory thing as my sister had a band then 6 months later started forgetting everything and it turned out she wasn't taking vitamins and she had extremely low vit b and iron levels

HELP----- I am not even 3 weeks post op and was losing so much weight! Had actually lost 3stone including the pre op diet and I went on my scales today and I have put on 2kg!!! How the hell have I PUT ON 2kg I am so upset and depressed

My body shifts weight rather quickly! when I did lighterlife I lost 6 stone in 14 weeks, but sadly then put the 6+5 back on quickly too! Yes I am due on my monthly in the next 2 weeks and my clothes R starting to tighten again meaning I am swelling like I normally do just before I come on!

I understand Ur issues! I am having them also! I had severe depression before the operation and believed once I saw the weight coming off it wud change and I wud b better but it's not happening! I am more depressed now than before! :-(

I totally understand how tough it can be when we have a depression diagnosis--I have suffered with major depression for years. I know (for me anyhow) sometimes I get so wrapped up in "trying" so hard (to be positive, to eat right, to control cravings, etc etc etc) but like the Nike commercial--sometimes the more I "just do it" the more freeing it feels. One foot in front of the other, one day at a time. Be good to yourself. . . I feel so down most of the time and I always believed it's cause of my size but I am thinking now it mayb just one small part of one bigger issue!

Yes thinking about it that way I think I will throw them away as I keep checking myself! I am so desperate to lose this weight, I have been so big for so long

Thank you! It really doesn't matter how quickly you get there, slow and steady wins the race. I've been feeling great since day 1, and every day after. Just knowing that you're heading in the right direction feels awesome! I know that people get caught up in the numbers, but one of my most monumental victories happened at 3 weeks out, when my husband could finally sleep with me again because I wasn't snoring loudly enough to wake the dead! I hadn't lost that much at that point, but my health and quality of life (sleep apnea) was already improving dramatically. That's a brilliant thing to happen, I am a single mum and my biggest thing has been I cud get into a pair of trousers i hadn't worn in 3 years I was so happy! Did u have any times where U wud put a few lbs on?? I weighed tonight and I put on 2kg yet I haven't been eating wrong or anything and I am so confused

I try daily with a positive attitude but my depression is not under control due to not being able to take my medication properly so having to start a new one but I am trying to be positive!

That has really helped me a lot as I am having exactly same issue! I have even put a couple of kg back on, but yet not going over 800cals a day! I am starving and just want food all the time but I think it's head hunger! But cud it be I have acid instead

I completely get what Ur saying as I feel and felt the same, and I put a query up bout my sleeve and got chastised aswell when I wasn't actually saying what they believed

I hope so

It's gonna be head hunger I have exactly the same problem I was head hungry and still am even tho I am on mash

U look amazing I wish I will look that good at 9 months post lol! I have too much to lose to get there that quickly! Be proud U have done amazing

I'm still in a lot of pain concerning my surgery so I am not doing a lot really, I am usually getting bout 600-800cals a day in and sometimes not even that, I just can't believe I am putting enough in to increase my weight! I be 3 weeks post on Friday, I weigh myself once every 3 days as it was falling off and I needed encouragement as my anti depressants haven't kicked in yet so now I think I will stop weighing so much and mayb do it once a week, I know I am due on my monthly so mayb its water retention it's just really upset me I had it 3stone and now I have gone backwards :-(

HELP----- I am not even 3 weeks post op and was losing so much weight! Had actually lost 3stone including the pre op diet and I went on my scales today and I have put on 2kg!!! How the hell have I PUT ON 2kg I am so upset and depressed

I'm eating ice cream because my consultant told me to as I can't keep much in there!

Thank U that's what I needed to know not to be moaned at and told to rethink having an operation! I have already had the operation nearly 3 weeks ago and I wanted to know how to avoid putting weight on as I wasn't informed that it was possible to put it back on

I'm very confused! Reading my info etc about the sleeve it looked like I would be able to lose weight and maintain it ok and I won't put any back on but reading things on this site it says ppl have put weight back on but also they have to measure things out, count calories etc. How comes U have to still do that?? Surely the fact U can't eat Alot does that for U?????

Focus on the big picture don't let the small things set you back and celebrate ever win we all have ups and downs when you fall brush it off and get back on I use my fitness pal I've been logging in for over 722 days it helps me keep control of my Eating try it if you haven't already it's a great tool if you commit to it good luck on your journey your welcome good luck Thank U I will look the fitnesspal up, well done to Ur weightloss

I understand it's a tool and I had my surgery a few weeks ago, I just didn't realise U cud eat amounts that wud mean U put weight back on! I certainly Wudnt go back to eating junk food as it's what got me in the mess I am already in. It was a question out of interest not me believing that it is going to make me slim all on my own without me doing anything different

U look so amazing, I am one of the struggling ones only 16days post op at present but the thought of never eating certain things and how food doesnt make me happy any longer as I can't comfort eat is a big issue! Do u have any useful tips for people like myself? Starting weight: 379 surgery day weight:359 today's weight: 337

I just want to gulp a cold drink down but I can't it's sips! Other stuff I'm not bothered about